I've always loved meeting people and have been curious about their lives and what makes them tick.

Since a young age, I was the person that random strangers felt they could tell their life story, or their deepest, darkest secrets.

During early adulthood, I took a keen interest in psychology and sociology, studying the patterns and behaviours that make different cultures, society and individuals think and behave the way they do.

My lived experience and never-ending thirst for knowledge led me to train and qualify with the UK College of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy, gaining my Higher Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy (Hypno-CBT®) in August 2024.

From September 2026, the college will be known as the College of Hypno-CBT®.

Today, I work with people who want to understand and change the thoughts and behaviours that no longer fit the life they want to live.

I work within the ethical guidelines of NCIP and hold professional insurance with Balens.

My own experience

I grew up in a broken home and, as a teenager, wasn't supported when an uncle crossed boundaries with me in ways that affected how I saw myself and other people.

Difficult family dynamics meant that I lived with different family members until I was old enough to get my own place.

I've also experienced therapy myself, including support for anxiety, phobias and postnatal depression. Having been on the other side of therapy has given me a different perspective. I know what it's like to need support, to try to make sense of what's going on in your own head and to wonder whether things can actually feel different.

I know that with the right support, we can go on to live happy and fulfilled lives.

Outside the Therapy Room

I'm a wife, a mum to two adult children and after 31 years with my husband, I've had plenty of experience of relationships, family life, change, compromise and all the complicated bits that come along. I don't pretend to have all the answers, but I do believe that with commitment and understanding we can change the way we experience life.

As a bit of an animal lover and nature geek, I feel lucky that living in Bradwell, Norfolk gives me plenty of woodland, fields and beaches to walk my two dogs.

My Philosophy

I genuinely believe change is possible for anyone who's willing to put the work in. You're never too old and it's never too late.

We all develop certain ways of thinking and behaving, some of this learnt during our childhood and teenage years.

Some is in response to stress or life situations and it's become a habit through repetition as a way of avoiding discomfort, uncertainty or fear.

Over time, those responses become so familiar that they happen automatically.

The good news is .....Patterns can be understood and they can be changed and that is why I believe we can all change if we are willing to put the effort in.

My Role

Is to build a strong therapeutic relationship with you where you feel you can be completely honest and vulnerable, working together as a team to help you understand yourself better, learning new tools and techniques that you can put into practice to build up your confidence and resilience, so you truly believe you can handle things even during the toughest of times

I'm not here to wave a magic wand and give you all the answers. We work together and you will learn how to problem solve and ask yourself the right questions.

So instead of thinking:

"Why am I like this?"

You might ask:

"What is this behaviour trying to achieve?"

Instead of:

"Why can't I stop?"

You might ask:

"What's reinforcing this pattern?"

Better questions often help you to come up with practical answers, increased self awareness along with the confidence and resilience to create new opportunities moving you towards the life you want.

Do you ever think?

Why do I keep doing this when I know it's not helping?

Our brains main function is to keep us safe, this has n't changed since we lived in caves fighting for daily survival and it has n't learnt that we don't live that type of existence anymore. In order to do this it scans for danger and to save time and energy it repeats familiar patterns.

Every time a behaviour reduces discomfort, creates relief or helps us avoid something difficult, the brain learns from that experience. With repetition this becomes an automatic habit.

That's why change can feel hard, even when you really want it, the old pattern has had much more practice.

I work in the here and now, CBT won't change your past, or switch off unwanted thoughts. It's been researched and proven to help you understand your thoughts & behavioural patterns, you learn to recognise what been keeping these going and gradually, you build new ways of thinking and responding. This is reinforced with the homework you practice in between sessions.

Hypnosis works alongside CBT at a deeper, subconscious level and can help reinforce those changes, making it easier for new patterns of thinking and behaviour to become established.